Ryse: Son of Rome showed off its new Gladiator mode at this weeks Gamescom. You and a friend will join forces to take on waves of enemies inside an ever changing arena that puts different backdrops and enemy types in your way. You must keep the crowd entertained as you try and survive and fight for glory.

People have been putting down this game since E3 when it looked like a QTE-fest, but reports out of Gamescom are that the new demo showed off much deeper hack and slash gameplay that has brought new excitement to the title. It is certainly one of the games I am picking up on launch day for the [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTVMI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Xbox One[/amazon_link].

Watch the trailer below.

[amazon_link id=”B00CMQTU74″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Ryse: Son of Rome[/amazon_link] releases this fall.